Hegg's Tale
Leaving Chalmun’s Cantina for some peace and
quiet, Sam Heggs discovers Jeet Travis, a bounty
hunter, drinking Vascheah Rye, which Heggs offers to
trade grumph eggs for. When Jeet refuses to believe
that any human could survive to steal a grumph egg,
Hegg shows one to him and tells him how he came by
the eggs. A short while earlier, he had been on a
frozen planet and discovered the eggs. After
consulting a guidebook, he learned that grumphs
hibernate in winter, which meant he was safe until a
thaw. He then saw an entire area that was thawed,
lush jungle. He saw a young man being attacked by a
grumph, and soon realised (by dumb luck, basically)
that he was witnessing a portal in time (yes, the
only known time travel tale in Star Wars history).
He ran back into the frozen “present” and
destroyed every egg he could find until the grumph
chasing the young man vanished, and the portal in
time closed. Heggs realised, based on the young man’s
knapsack that he was witnessing a younger version of
himself battling the grumph, and by saving the young
man, he believes he saved himself. When Jeet points
out that it makes absolutely no sense for destroying
an egg in the present could cause a beast in the
past to never be born, Heggs simply replies “Beats
me,” and downs the last of Jeet’s rye.

Mostly
Automatic
In Chalmun’s Cantina, Tem Chesko and Bezzem sit
and share a drink and stories. Tem tells Bezzem of
how it took him 71 years to reach Tatooine from
Cirus II. He had been on a mission for a mining
company when his ship’s drives were damaged. After
spending several years alone, thinking of his lover,
Maia, and going semi-insane, he found a service
droid (MILL-247-EE, which he called “Millie”),
and finally had a companion. As time when by, he
tell Bezzem, he and Millie became close and she
seemed to even love him, at least as much as a droid
can. When he turned 86 and was about to die, she
saved his life by giving her power core to him as an
artificial heart. Shocked, Bezzem can only watch as
Tem opens his jacket to reveal Millie’s power core
in the center of his chest.

Light Duty
A Rebel named Garve meets with fellow Rebel Colonel
Phlik in Chalmun’s Cantina. He tells Phlik about a
mission he went on for the Empire to Jellyfish Cove.
He was hired to go there and work at the local
Imperial station, only to be told not to go out at
night or into the fog. He soon learned that the fog
brought with it strange creature that could appear
as female humans, but then become life-sucking
semi-solid creatures that would kill any humanoid
near for sustenance. When he witnessed some new
arrivals get attacked, he realised that the planet
was a penal colony. He managed to kill the Imperial
guards on the base, steal their pay, and escape in
one of the Imperial prison ships, bringing with him
a load of former Imperial prisoners, ready and
willing to join the Rebel cause under Phlik’s
command.

Chronology:
These stories occurs approximately 3 years after the
Battle of Yavin.